Captain Sensible Single Review - Record Mirror July 23 1977

From the lesser known music paper 'Record Mirror' I have found an amusing single review by Captain Sensible, where he takes a bite out of all the records he doesn't like (which is most of them). Points of interest are the references to Johnny Moped (as Sensible was once of the band). A review of the excellent 'No One' (Follow the link for this posting), where Sensible has a moan that 'record Mirror' slagged of 'No One' a few weeks earlier and for those of you who can't be bothered to download this is what he said.

"I don't want to slag everything off, but I'm sorry, I don't like it. Two weeks ago you slagged off the Johnny Moped single and it was great. Do you know he's giving up playing because of what you said. Well not just you, but all the reviews".

Then the Capitan then insists on reviewing the Johnny Moped single again:

"This man is a genius. Everything is good apart from Slimey Toad's guitar playing. He owes me £5"

There is also a review of the Ramones single 'Swallow My pride".

The best review I ever read was (I think) in the Guardian, and I can't remember the song or group but it went like this:

Shit producer, shit cover, shit label, shit guitar, shit drums, shit bass guitar, shit vocals, shit backing vocals, shit tune, shit lyrics, shit song. Shit.

Well it made me laugh , can anyone else remember this? Leave a comment with the best review you have read.

The download has a full size scan so you can read it.Get the full size view here:
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Captain Sensible - This Is Your Captain Speaking

This posting is Captain Sensibles debut single recorded on the Crass label. It is kindly donated by one the regular ASFM visitors Longy, from a request from Bob (another ASFM visitor) comment in the Roxy WC2 posting.

I hadn't heard this until Longy sent it, so I've only had a chance play it a couple of times, you can hear the Damned influence on both tracks, and for me the b-side is the best track. It's amazing to think Captain s
Sensible went from this to 'Happy Talk' and 'Wot'. But I guess he was right, getting a No 1# Hit from Happy talk wasn't a bad move

So try it out and leave a comment and tell us what you think of the Captain's debut single.

Band: Captain Sensible
Label: Crass
Year: 1979
Tracks:
1. (What D'ya Give) The Man Whose Gotten Everything
2. The Russians Are Coming


Ripped from (Longy's) Glorious Scratched Vinyl:



If you like this, then you can get more Captain Sensible stuff here which only includes the a-side of this posting plus the other singles and more:

The Collection

Captain Sensible - Happy Talk 7"

This post is from a request by Eugene. I never planned on posting this one as it was a big hit (Number 1# in the UK) so I assumed everyone would have it, and also as a big Damned fan, it was a long way from the sound I always favoured.

So when Eugene said the b-side was no longer available (after a little check you can get still buy all these tracks on the Captains reissued debut - links for purchase as usual at the bottom of this post), I thought I would dig it out and check it out, and as often is the way with singles the b-side is well worth a listen.

"Happy Talk" with backing vocals from "The Dolly Mixtures" (also on the front cover) was a cover of a famous "Rodgers and Hammerstein" musical "South Pacific" and was very commercial (not my cup of tea, but a s a completest, I still had to buy it). The b-side give you two tracks (well one really) the first "It" is a short (1:21) silly track which will make you smile the first time you hear it, but the second "I Can't Stand It (Demo)" returns to the sounds we would normally expect from "Captain Sensible". I love it, you can hear the Captain is having fun, and just in case you think it's my poor rip (it is a bit scratched) the end is not a mistake. So check it out, it's worth it just for the one track.

Artist: Captain Sensible
Label: A&M
Year: 1982
Tracks:
1. Happy Talk
2. It
3. I Can't Stand It (Demo)

Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl

If you like this then your in luck as you can still buy all three tracks plus lots more on his debut album here:

Women And Captains First

20 July 2009

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You can still buy a lot of the Captain Sensible stuff, a collection of his hits for only £2:99 here:

The Collection

05 May 2003

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King - John Peel Sessions 11/07/78

This was requested by Roberto in the comments of the Tanz Der Youth John Peel Sessions, and as Kes kindly pointed out, you can find this plus some more good stuff at Rare Punk To Share blog here (First time I've seen this blog and it looks good).

Now I'm also posting this as another ASFM visitor Pepe from Ireland, who also provided the excellent Vinchucas demos (if you haven't heard these then try them out here) sent these to me sometime ago and I've been planning on posting them for ages. I don't know which rip is the better (or even if they are the same) but I'll leave it up to you to get them from wherever you want.

So for those of you who don't know, King was the band briefly (2 Months - from June 78 to August 78) formed by Captain Sensible between the period the Damned split up and then reformed. In this period the only recording they made were these John Peel sessions. As usual four tracks, and in my opinion two gems and two average tracks. Anti Pope (later resurrected by the Damned) and Jet Boy Jet Girl (an Elton Motello original) are classics and you will love them.

Band: King
Year: 1978
Album: John Peel Sessions
Tracks:
1. Anti Pope
2. Jet Boy Jet Girl
3. My Baby Don't Care
4. Baby Sign Here With Me

Ripped of some FM radio onto glorious hissing tape

If you like this, why not try some classic Captain Sensible or even better the Damned, my choices:

Damned Damned Damned

Machine Gun Etiquette [25th Anniversary Edition]

Music For Pleasure

The Black Album

Women And Captains First